HARRIS: RELATIONSHIP OF OVULES TO SEEDS 247 
TABLE IV 
DEVIATION OF OBSERVED MEANS OF ARRAYS FROM THEORETICAL MEANS AS CALcu- 
LATED FROM THE REGRESSION STRAIGHT LINES 
2 First 6,000 Pods | Additional 4,000 Pods First 10,000 Pods 
he aR Bee | 
3 Ob- | Cacu Ob- | Calcu- | op | Caten. | 
F 3 WN {served| lated qr N served | lated Differ- w | served | lated | Differ- 
, 5 Mean} Mean| ence | Mean | Mean ence Mean | Mean | ence 
e) Seeds Seeds Seeds | Seeds Seeds | Seeds | 
Ue Gee | 
I 3 .000|1.076|-+.076 4) I.000 | 939 |— .061 7| 1.000 | 1.022 | +.023 
- 49/1.796/1 7071 +.001| 103] 1.864 | 1.736 |+ .128| 152] 1.842 | 1.772 | —.070 
3| 349)|2.476\2 517, +.042| 430] 2.523 | 2.533 |-+ .or0| 779] 2.502 | 2.522 | +.020 
4 |1,987/3.261 3.238) —.023 1,307| 3.344 | 3.330 |— .014|3,204| 3.204 | 3.273 | —.021 
5 |2-423)3.941 3.959) +.018 |1,382| 4.072 | 4.127 | + .055 |3,805| 3.989 | 4.023 | +.034 
6 |1,042| 4.686 4.680| — 006| 677| 4.991 | 4.924 |— .067|1,719| 4.806 | 4.774 | —.033 
7| 140/5,450'5 400) —.050| 95! 5.779 | 5.721 .058| 235) 5.583 | 5.524 | +.059 
8 715.857 6.121| +.264 2| 5.550 | 6.518 hx, ors ol 5.778 | 6.274 | +.497 
empirical from the theoretical means is .o198 for the first 6,000, 
-0411 for the additional 4,000, and .0302 for the total 10,000 pods. 
The fit is also shown graphically for the 6,000 pod lot in FIG. I. 
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REGRESSION OF 
SEEDS PER POD ON 
OVULES PER POD om 
a eA 
3a Rg 
Ul 
t 
SEEDS PER POD 
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MEAN OVULES 
2 3 fete ee eee s 
OVULES PER POD 
FIG. I 
For the 6,000 nd the 10,000 lots, I have calculated 7 as well 
asr. I find 
